Posted by Greg on May 8, 2000, at 9:29:31
In reply to Re: to Greg , posted by tina on May 8, 2000, at 8:48:30
Tina,
My children are my greatest source of joy to me. I have 3 kids, 22 (girl), 12 (girl) and 10 (boy). My oldest is about to graduate after taking courses to follow in her Dad's footsteps to become a Mechanical Design Drafter. I so proud that I can't find the words. I've made sure that my family is educated about my disease and it's resultant problems. They've been to therapy with me. If a person thinks that their family isn't affected by what we go thru, their sadly mistaken. My kids understand who their Dad is and they love just the same. My son is real good about giving me hugs and kisses just when I need them most. My youngest daughter can always (well, ALMOST always) make me laugh. Kids can be such good medicine sometimes, and I am truly blessed. Kids aren't for everybody, but my life would be an empty void without mine.I believe my Mother had depression as well, but she dealt with it by drinking every day of her life starting from age 16. She was never fortunate enough to be diagnosed and be able to get the help she needed. I guess the apple really doesn't fall far from the tree, as you may have noticed from prior posts, I am an alcoholic as well (but a recovering one!) We were never close, she was very mentally abusive to me. She was married 8 times. She died about 7 years ago, I didn't attend her funeral. I missed having a Mom, lots of issues here but I won't bore you with them.
Sorry to hear that the Xanax stopped working so quickly, but I think I'd give it a little longer before abandoning it. Some days my meds don't work either but they always seen to bounce back. I think we get to a state of health (or sometimes just tolerance) by trial and error. You WILL find what's right for you, I truly believe that.
Don't people like me just irritate you? Ask me what time it is and I'll tell you how to build a watch.... Thanks for listening.
Hugs,
Greg> >Of course I wish ya luck. He'll do great, with a dad like you. My mom was depressed when I was growing up but she never sought help. Her marriage was bad, her past haunted her and it showed during my childhood. This is the main reason I decided not to have kids. I think it would be too hard on them with their mom always in a state of depression. How do you do it?
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> Tina,
> > Sorry to hear that you never got some badly needed sleep. I've noticed that my insomnia worsens during the week. I wake up at 1am and start counting the minutes until the alarm goes off, plan out my day, etc. This am it was thinking about my son's little league game today. If we win, we clinch our division and go to the playoffs, wish us luck!
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> > I'm sure your doc should be able to do something about your sleep problems. Let us know how things go. I'd sing you a lullaby, but if you've ever heard fingernails across a blackboard... well, you get the idea.
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> > Peace,
> > Greg
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> > > Thanks for listening, Never really did get sleep last night. Seeing doc today so I'll ask about the suggestions you both gave me. Don't know why the Xanax ain't working, it did for the first few days but it's like I've built up a tolerance to it. Weird. Neurontin sounds pretty good though I don't know if it'll be enough to counter the anxiety. Again, thanks for listening, You two are awesome.---Tina
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